Mrigashira
Nakshatra 5 · 23°20′ Taurus – 6°40′ Gemini
Mrigashira is the 5th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is Soma, the Moon, its symbol a deer's head, and its ruling planet Mars. Tradition reads in it curiosity, quest, a searching mind.
Attributes
- Deity : Soma, the Moon
- Symbol : a deer's head
- Lord : Mars
- Animal (yoni) : the serpent
Gana : Deva (divine)
A gentle, idealistic and kindly temperament.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 23°20′ Taurus – 26°40′ Taurus · navamsa ♌︎ Leo
- Pada 2 : 26°40′ Taurus – 30°00′ Taurus · navamsa ♍︎ Virgo
- Pada 3 : 0°00′ Gemini – 3°20′ Gemini · navamsa ♎︎ Libra
- Pada 4 : 3°20′ Gemini – 6°40′ Gemini · navamsa ♏︎ Scorpio
Each pada covers 3°20′. The 108 padas run through the zodiac nine times: the navamsa is the sign of that second cycle, which Vedic astrology reads as a shade of the first.
The Moon's next passages through Mrigashira
- From Thursday 29 October at 06:40 to Friday 30 October at 04:32
- From Wednesday 25 November at 16:04 to Thursday 26 November at 13:15
- From Wednesday 23 December at 03:25 to Thursday 24 December at 00:21
- From Tuesday 19 January at 14:22 to Wednesday 20 January at 11:45
Paris time, from the Moon's real position (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa). The Moon goes round the 27 nakshatras in 27.3 days.
Deities, symbols and lords: Wikipedia's nakshatra table, after A. L. Basham (1954). Gana and yoni animal: checked against two Jyotish reference tables. The one-line readings are ours.